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shams on 11 October 2007

http://aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=18130

New Wii Music details and video

After quite an absence, Nintendo's Wii Music is back with new media showing it in action.

 

October 11, 2007 - Wii Music featured at Nintendo's fall conference at Japan yesterday, and in addition to releasing the video below, the company made a few new details known.

The game will make use of both the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as players keep in time to control a six person band. Forty instruments will feature along with single- and multi-player modes (up to four people). In the single player mode, players will be able to direct all six musicians at once, but the CPU will be able to kick in to allow the focus to be placed upon a solo performance if that's the desire.




The game's set to debut in Japan in early 2008. There's been no word on any Western release dates as yet.

 

(I'm not even going to try the embedded video thing - can someone else please do it - or just follow the link!)

It does sound intriguing though. When it was first announced I was wondering how they could turn it into a game - now I can see how it would work.

Nintendo's version of a "casual" RockBand?

 



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Dolla Dolla on 11 October 2007

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Rubang B on 11 October 2007

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Lingyis on 11 October 2007

i was sad when i thought it's gonna be cancelled (no news in a year), and then i was happy it's no cancelled. then i watched the clip and reminded myself of all the reasons i probably won't like this very much.

as far as i can see... you only get to control the tempo. well, music is much more than just tempo. lots of people would enjoy it, but with all the years of music training i've had the chances of me enjoying this is infinitesimal.

now, if they have online mode where each Wii represents a member of the orchestra... now that could be loads of fun. all of a sudden, it's about cooperation, to make the ensemble work. the music (referring to musicianship) becomes secondary, and that is a mode that will utterly kick ass.

come to think of it, that'll be kinda like rock band, without peripherals. and online.

 

EDIT: so yeah, Wii Music SHOULD be more than just controlling the rhythm.  that'll be too trivial a project for Miyamoto.  better be something like peripheral-less (or with peripherals??!!) Rock-Band.



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